Kunio Yanagita
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Kunio Yanagita (柳田 國男, Yanagita Kunio, July 31, 1875 – August 8, 1962) was a Japanese author, scholar, and folklorist. He began his career as a bureaucrat, but developed an interest in rural Japan and its folk traditions. This led to a change in his career. His pursuit of this led to his eventual establishment of Japanese native folkloristics, or minzokugaku, as an academic field in Japan. As a result, he is often considered to be the father of modern Japanese folklore studies.[1]
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Kunio Yanagita 柳田 國男 | |||||
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Born | Kunio Matsuoka (1875-07-31)July 31, 1875 Fukusaki, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan | ||||
Died | August 8, 1962(1962-08-08) (aged 87) Tokyo, Japan | ||||
Nationality | Japanese | ||||
Occupation(s) | Bureaucrat, Folklorist, Scholar, Writer | ||||
Known for | Tōno Monogatari (遠野物語)
Momotarō no Tanjō(桃太郎の誕生) Nihon mukashibanashi meii ("Japanese Folk Tales") | ||||
Spouse | Taka Yanagita (1904) | ||||
Parent | Yakusai Matsuoka (father) Naohei Yanagita (father-in-law) | ||||
Japanese name | |||||
Hiragana | やなぎた くにお | ||||
Kyūjitai | 栁田 國男 | ||||
Shinjitai | 柳田 国男 | ||||
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